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Biggest ship yet for Nigeria’s Onne

The 4,500teu Maersk Copenhagen became the biggest ship to visit the eastern Nigerian port of Onne in Port Harcourt on 3 December when she called at APM Terminals’ West Africa Container Terminal (WACT). It was a trial stop for Maersk Line’s weekly Far East-West Africa (FEW2) service, which is comprised of 22 West Africa-Maximum (Waf-Max) sized vessels equipped with on-board cranes. WACT, which is owned and operated by APM Terminals, ... [+]

Alliances could control four fifths of some trades, warns ESC

The European Shippers' Council (ESC) said that the two major shipping alliances – the G6, which announced in early December that it will expand its cooperation to the transatlantic and Asia-North America West Coast and trade lanes and the planned P3 cooperation between Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM would have ... [+]

Rivals get together to help the Philippines

Agility, Maersk, TNT Express, and UPS - the four companies that make up the Logistics Emergency Teams (LETs) to humanitarian relief efforts during natural disasters - are offering vital warehousing, transport, and logistics support in the current emergency in the Central Philippines. Described as the first multi-company commitment to the ... [+]

US regulator calls for P3 to be put under the microscope

The Federal Maritime Commission , which regulates ocean transport in the US has joined other industry groups in calling for a careful scrutiny the proposed 'P3' alliance between Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM. FMC chairman, Mario Cordero, has called other regulators in the European Union and China, to join ... [+]

P3 plans revealed

P3 plans revealed CMA CGM has revealed details of its planned P3 network that it plans to set up with its new partners Maersk and MSC. Claiming the most comprehensive network on the three main East West Trades, there will be 13 weekly services on the Asia-Europe/Mediterranean trades, five weekly Transatlanticservices ... [+]

Global shipping lines join forces

Three of the world's major container shipping lines - CMA CGM, Maersk and MSC – are to join forces in a long-term operational alliance on East – West trades from next year. The P3 Network will operate a total vessel capacity of 2.6 million teu (initially 255 vessels on 29 ... [+]

Shipping lines help to rebuild Somalia

NYK has joined a shipping industry initiative, alongside Shell, BP, Maersk, Stena, MOL and K-Line, to help rebuild Somalia. The scheme will provide initial funding of US$1 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in support of job creation and capacity building projects in the war-torn East African country ... [+]

Maersk promises simpler shipping

Maersk Line is promising an end to shipping surcharge complexity with a new charging structure that it will phase in during 2013. It says there will be fewer and more transparent charges to make costs easier to understand. Under phase 1 of its surcharge simplification, which starts on 1 January, basic ... [+]

Maersk suspends Asia service

Maersk Line is to temporarily suspend its AE9 service from Chinese ports to Europe – including Felixstowe - until early December. It is part of a programme of capacity reductions that also sees the AE5 service from Asia to the Mediterranean permanently withdrawn. [+]

Reefer rates must rise, warns Maersk chief

Shipping lines urgently need to raise prices to their reefer customers, the head of the world's biggest carrier of such traffic, Maersk Line, told the Cool Logistics conference in Antwerp on 25 October. Chief executive officer Soren Skou said: “When I came into this job in January 2009, we had ... [+]

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